UN / ABYEI

The UN Security Council today issued a presidential statement condemning the recent violence in Abyei. UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:00:50
• Production Date: 3 June 2011
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS ASSISTANCE MISSION IN SUDAN - UNMIS
• Subject Topical: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PEACE AND SECURITY; DISARMAMENT
• Geographic Subject: SUDAN
• MAMS Id: U110603e

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STORY: UN / ABYEI
TRT: 0.50
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 3 JUNE 2011, NEW YORK CITY

Shotlist

RECENT 2011, UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters

3 JUNE 2011, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ambassador Noel Nelson Messone, Permanent Representative of Gabon, President of the Security Council, United Nations:
“The Security Council expresses grave concern about the ongoing violence and rapidly deteriorating situation in Abyei since the Council addressed the issue in its May 22 Press Statement, in which the Council condemned the attack by Southern forces against a United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) convoy escorting Sudanese Armed Forces elements of joint Integrated Units on May 19 in Abyei, and also condemns the escalatory military operations being undertaken by the Sudanese Armed Forces, which have taken control of the area in and around Abyei town.”
4. Cutaway, delegates listening

Storyline

The United Nations Security Council today in New York issued a presidential statement condemning the recent violence in Abyei.

Gabonese Ambassador Noel Nelson Messone, President of the Security Council for the month of June said that the Security Council expressed “grave concern about the ongoing violence and rapidly deteriorating situation in Abyei since the Council addressed the issue in its May 22 Press Statement, in which the Council condemned the attack by Southern forces against a United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) convoy escorting Sudanese Armed Forces elements of Joint Integrated Units on May 19 in Abyei, and also condemned the escalatory military operations being undertaken by the Sudanese Armed Forces, which have taken control of the area in and around Abyei town.”

The incident against UNMIS took place last month in Dokura, an area controlled by the Southern Sudan Police Services (SSPS), about 10 kilometres north of Abyei town. The convoy that came under attack was transporting 200 troops of Joint Integrated Units (JIU) of the Sudan Armed Forces to their designated post, as part of the deployment plan under the Kadugli Agreements agreed by all parties.

The disputed town of Abyei, which is contested by both north and south Sudan, was the scene of renewed violence last month, including looting and burning, following the takeover of the area by Sudanese Government forces.

Deadly clashes have claimed dozens of lives since the start of the year, when a referendum on Abyei’s status that was supposed to have been held never took place amid disagreement on voter eligibility. Southern Sudan will formally secede from the rest of the country on 9 July as a result of a separate referendum.